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<h2>Structure of Demand for Medical Care </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Journal of Applied Econometrics data archive : <a href="http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/jae/">http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/jae/</a>
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<p><em>number of observations</em> :  5574
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<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(MedExp)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A time serie containing :
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<dt>med</dt><dd><p>annual medical expenditures in constant dollars excluding dental and outpatient mental </p>
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<dt>lc</dt><dd><p>log(coinsrate+1)  where coinsurance rate is 0 to 100</p>
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<dt>idp</dt><dd><p>individual deductible plan ?</p>
</dd>
<dt>lpi</dt><dd><p>log(annual participation incentive payment) or 0 if no payment </p>
</dd>
<dt>fmde</dt><dd><p>log(max(medical deductible expenditure)) if IDP=1 and MDE&gt;1 or 0 otherw</p>
</dd>
<dt>physlim</dt><dd><p>physical limitation ?</p>
</dd>
<dt>ndisease</dt><dd><p>number of chronic diseases</p>
</dd>
<dt>health</dt><dd><p>self&ndash;rate health (excellent,good,fair,poor)</p>
</dd>
<dt>linc</dt><dd><p>log of annual family income (in \$)</p>
</dd>
<dt>lfam</dt><dd><p>log of family size</p>
</dd>
<dt>educdec</dt><dd><p>years of schooling of household head</p>
</dd>
<dt>age</dt><dd><p>exact age</p>
</dd>
<dt>sex</dt><dd><p>sex (male,female)</p>
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<dt>child</dt><dd><p>age less than 18 ?</p>
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<dt>black</dt><dd><p>is household head black ?</p>
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Deb, P.  and P.K.  Trivedi (2002) &ldquo;The Structure of Demand for Medical Care: Latent Class versus Two-Part Models&rdquo;, <em>Journal of Health Economics</em>, <b>21</b>, 601&ndash;625.
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<h3>References</h3>

<p>Cameron, A.C.  and  P.K.  Trivedi (2005) <em>Microeconometrics : methods and applications</em>, Cambridge.
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<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Index.Source</code>, <code>Index.Economics</code>, <code>Index.Econometrics</code>, <code>Index.Observations</code>,
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<p><code>Index.Time.Series</code></p>


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